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Note: owa. James and Cynthia Jane divorced in Iowa probably between 1900 and 1901 and James remarried to Caroline Hedges Kline in 1901 in Webster County, Iowa and is widowed on the 1920 census. His first wife, Cynthia Mudge Martin, lived without re marrying until 1939. Caroline Hedges brings more names into the picture as she had two previous husbands who also had previous wives. I have not developed these threads but only allude to the two previous husbands of Caroline in the course of the narrative.
The source for the first marriage of James Martin to Cynthia Jane Mudge is Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Original data: Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. FHL Film Number: 1034318 Reference ID: 2:1V11CDF.
Name: James Martin
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Lawrence Co., Ohio
Marriage Date: 25 Jul 1901
Marriage Place: Ft Dodge
Father: Welcome Martin
Mother: Margaret Johnson
Spouse: Caroline Hedges Kline
FHL Film Number: 1401727
Reference ID: 2:3L7L80W
The source for the exact birth and death dates, locations and names of parents for Cynthia Jane is her Iowa State Death Certificate.
Name: Cynthia Jane Martin
[Cynthia Jane Mudge]
Gender: Female
Age: 84
Birth Year: 29 July 1854
Death Date: 27 Mar 1939
Death Place: Iowa, USA
Father: James Mudge
Mother: Susan Young
Another source for the names of the parents of Cynthia Jane and their places of birth is the 1860 census. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXCQ-R9S : 13 December 2017), James Mudge, 1860.
James Mudge M 30 Penn
Susan Mudge F 25 Ohio
Jane Mudge F 6 Ind
Andrew Mudge M 3 Iowa
Amasa Mudge M 0 Ills
Another source for the birth state and year of Cynthia Jane (transcribed in this census as Suitha) is the 1880 Boone County, Iowa census, which records their young family, but incomplete, family:
Name: James Martin
Age: 31
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Peoples, Boone, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Suitha J. Martin
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Farmer
James Martin 31
Suitha J. Martin 26
Julia A. Martin 5
Mario Martin 3
James R Martin 11 m
Source Citation
Year: 1880; Census Place: Peoples, Boone, Iowa; Roll: 328; Family History Film: 1254328; Page: 205B; Enumeration District: 013; Image: 0493.
James and Cynthia are still married on the 1885 Iowa census with a slightly larger family. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
James Martin 36
Cyntha Martin 30
Julia Martin 10
Marion Martin 7
James Martin 5
Henry Martin 14
Cynthia is with her children but without James on the 1900 Boone County census but listed as married, without James on the 1905 Boone county census listed as divorced, in 1908 we find her next door in Keokuk County, Iowa Address Directory and listed as widow of James, and listed as widow on the 1910 census. As we know James lived until 1922 this 'widow' must have been given to avoid stigma of divorce, or did she just consider her former spouse dead to her? James is living with his nephew on the 1900 Boone County census without Cynthia and listed as married. As both James and Cynthia are living apart in 1900 but listed as married could the divorce have been in 1900 or shortly thereafter? James remarried to Caroline Kline Hedges in 1901. Documentation for each item above follows:
Cynthia on the 1900 census
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KQ-H88 : accessed 14 September 2018), Cynthia J Martin, Marcy Township, Boone, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 10A, family 176, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,418.
Cynthia J Martin Head F 45 Indiana
Marion Martin Son M 23 Iowa
James Martin Son M 21 Iowa
Roscoe Martin Son M 11 Iowa
Cynthia on the 1905 Boone County census
"Iowa State Census, 1905," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2SZG-CCD : 16 March 2018), Cynthia Martin, Boone, Iowa, United States; citing card #B44, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,286.
Name Cynthia Martin
Event Type Census
Event Date 1905
Event Place Boone, Iowa, United States
Gender Female
Age 50
Marital Status Divorced
Birth Year (Estimated) about 1855
Birthplace Indiana
Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace Indiana
Card Number B44
Cynthia in the Directory
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information.
Name: Cynthia Martin
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1908
Street address: 506 N 5th
Residence Place: Keokuk, Iowa, USA
Spouse: widow of James Martin
Publication Title: Keokuk, Iowa, City Directory, 1908
Cynthia on the 1910 census (called Julia on this census but with the same children as on the 1880 and 1900 census).
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML17-8YX : accessed 14 September 2018), Mrs. Julia Martin, Marcy, Boone, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 2A, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 393; FHL microfilm 1,374,406.
Mrs. Julia Martin Head F 55 Indiana
Marion Martin Son M 32 Iowa
James Martin Son M 31 Iowa
Roscoe Martin Son M 20 Iowa
James alone on 1900 census
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KQ-FT5 : accessed 29 October 2015), James Martin in household of John Martin, Pilot Mound Township Pilot Mound village, Boone, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,418.
The source for the second marriage of James Martin and Caroline Hedges Kline is "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJCY-XSY : accessed 30 May 2014), James Martin and Caroline Hedges Kline, 25 Jul 1901; citing Ft Dodge, Webster, Iowa, United States; FHL microfilm 1401727.
As Caroline's father is listed as W J Hedges this is obviously a second marriage for Caroline Hedges Kline. The record of her first marriage is "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJCS-9Y3 : accessed 30 May 2014), Antney W. Cline and Caroline Hedges, 06 Oct 1886; citing BOONE, IOWA; FHL microfilm 1034319. This is the source for the names of Caroline's parents and her birth location and year. Caroline had also been previously married to Thomas Kyle in Effingham, Illinois 21 March 1880. Both of these marriages evidently ended in divorce as Thomas Kyle lived until 1916 and Anthony Wayne Kline/Cline lived until 1925. I have not documented this data, but it can be easily accessed online.
Going back a bit, evidence that this James Martin, the son of Welcome and Margaret, is the same James Martin who married both Cynthia and Caroline is based on the fact that James Martin who first married Cynthia was married in Boone County next door to Dallas County where James' mother Margaret resided as late as the 1870 census. This Cynthia and James resided in Pilot Mound, Boone County on the 1880 census. James is listed as a 'widower' (really just separated) on the 1900 Boone County, Iowa census and married second Caroline Hedges living with her on the 1910 Iowa census in Pilot Mound, Boone County. On their marriage certificate James is listed as the son of Welcome and Margaret. It is unlikely that there would be two James Martins born in 1849-1850 in Ohio living in Pilot Mound and the son of Welcome and Margaret Martin.
The source for the exact birth and death dates and locations of James and Caroline are their headstones on FindaGrave.com online.
Note: James Martin was married first to Cynthia Jane Mudge in Boone County, I
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